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Obituary: Mary Jane Arganbright Pifer

Jane Arganbright Pifer passed away on August 22 after a life defined by faith, kindness, adventure and love.

Jane was born on September 4, 1944, in Du Quoin, Illinois. Her biological father, Dick Hartman, was killed in World War II just five days before her birth. She was raised by her mother, Mary Belle Hartman, and her adopted father, Dr. Ray Arganbright, in Decatur, Illinois.

English-language network shuts down

Letterman, Rachel Ray, Craig Ferguson, Oprah, Dr. Phil, 60 Minutes and others have disappeared from the screens of thousands of cable and dish viewers in Mexico with the closing of the English-language American Network, which broadcast mostly CBS real-time programming.

Obituary: Dinah DeVry

Long-time lakeside resident Dinah Schoellkopf DeVry passed away on Thursday, July 16. She succumbed to complications of severe diverticulitis at age 86.